पञ्चाङ्ग — Salem, Tamil Nadu · February 7, 2019 CE

🪷 आज: मकर सङ्क्रान्ति — Makara Saṅkrānti (Uttarāyaṇa)
Sun enters Capricorn; Uttarāyaṇa (north-going) begins. Bhīṣma's chosen mahaprasthāna time.

Also observed today

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana
BG 13.1 · Chapter 13 · क्षेत्रक्षेत्रज्ञविभागयोग · Kṣetra-Kṣetrajña-Vibhāga-Yoga
अर्जुन उवाच

प्रकृतिं पुरुषं चैव क्षेत्रं क्षेत्रज्ञमेव च।

एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामि ज्ञानं ज्ञेयं च केशव।।13.1।।
"13.1 "Arjuna asked: My Lord! Who is God and what is Nature; what is Matter and what is the Self; what is that they call Wisdom, and what is it that is worth knowing? I wish to have this explained." — Shri Purohit Swami
→ Enter BG 13.1's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Māgha (Māgha Śukla Pakṣa)
Vikram Saṁvat: 2076 Paridhāvi
Śaka Saṁvat: 1941 Vikāri
Bengali Saṁvat: 1426
Malayalam Era: 1195
Nanakshahi: 550
Solar Month: Makara (Tai)
Ṛtu (Season): Śiśira (Winter)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)Śukla Tṛtīyā (3/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)Śatabhiṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)Śiva
करण (Karaṇa)Taitila
वार (Vāra)Guruvāra (Thursday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

GrahaLongitudeRāśiNakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya293.84°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P1
चन्द्र Candra317.11°KumbhaŚatabhiṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala0.61°MeṣaAśvinī P1
बुध Budha299.47°MakaraDhaniṣṭhā P2
गुरु Bṛhaspati234.63°VṛścikaJyeṣṭhā P3
शुक्र Śukra249.13°DhanuMūla P3
शनि Śani261.39°DhanuPūrva Āṣāḍhā P3

Salem, Tamil Nadu — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · IST)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)06:41 IST
Sūryāsta (Sunset)18:22 IST
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)12:32 IST
Candrodaya (Moonrise)08:09 IST
Candrāsta (Moonset)20:01 IST
Dinamāna (Day Duration)11 Hours 40 Mins 54 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)12 Hours 19 Mins 06 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta05:08 – 05:55
Prātaḥ Sandhyā05:43 – 06:41
Abhijit Muhūrta12:08 – 12:55
Vijaya Muhūrta14:29 – 15:15
Godhūli Muhūrta18:10 – 18:34
Sāyāhna Sandhyā18:22 – 18:51
Amṛta Kāla18:07 – 19:52
Niśīta Muhūrta00:08 – 00:55

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla13:59 – 15:27
Yamaganda06:41 – 08:09
Gulika Kāla09:37 – 11:04
Varjyam07:11 – 07:29
Dur Muhūrta 09:25 – 09:48

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): South (Dakṣiṇa)
Candra Vāsa: South
Rāhu Vāsa: North-West
Ānandādi Yoga: Maitra (Auspicious)
Drik Ṛtu: Śiśira (Winter) (Drik)
Vedic Ṛtu: Hemanta (Pre-winter)
Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa
Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Punarvasu · Puṣya · Aśleṣā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Viśākhā · Anurādhā · Jyeṣṭhā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Pūrva Bhādrapadā · Uttara Bhādrapadā · Revatī
Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Karka · Siṃha · Vṛścika · Dhanu · Kumbha

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Śubha06:41 – 08:09 (auspicious)
Day-2 Roga08:09 – 09:37 (inauspicious)
Day-3 Udveg09:37 – 11:04 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Chala11:04 – 12:32 (neutral)
Day-5 Labha12:32 – 13:59 (auspicious)
Day-6 Amṛta13:59 – 15:27 (auspicious)
Day-7 Kāla15:27 – 16:55 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Śubha16:55 – 18:22 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Amṛta18:22 – 19:55 (auspicious)
Night-2 Kāla19:55 – 21:27 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Śubha21:27 – 22:59 (auspicious)
Night-4 Roga22:59 – 00:32 (inauspicious)
Night-5 Udveg00:32 – 02:04 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Chala02:04 – 03:37 (neutral)
Night-7 Labha03:37 – 05:09 (auspicious)
Night-8 Amṛta05:09 – 06:41 (auspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: 11.6643°
Longitude: 78.146°
Timezone: UTC+5.5

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

8 steps · graha walk
Guruvāra (Thursday) — its presiding graha's walk.
Wisdom transmission + BG 4.34.

Cosmic Time

Kali Year5120
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)1870056.27
Julian Day2458521.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)24.1198°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)26.07°
🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (24.1198°), declination -15.45°, EoT -14.38 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: 2019-02-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)